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Black-eared Bushtit
Psaltriparus melanotis (Hartlaub, KJG 1844)
The American bushtit is the only species placed in the genus Psaltriparus and the only species in the family Aegithalidae that is found in the New World. In North America, it is referred to simply as "bushtit". Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Aegithalidae
Genus:
Psaltriparus
Scientific:
Psaltriparus melanotis
Original description
Citation:
(Hartlaub, KJG 1844)
Reference:
Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne
7 p.216
Protonym:
Parus melanotis
Type locality:
Guatemala.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19478#page/224/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
E75C6B0DEB6EB97D
Avibase ID:
avibase-E75C6B0D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E75C6B0D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 919183
Geographic range:
- Psaltriparus minimus melanotis: mountains of southern Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas) to Guatemala
- Psaltriparus minimus dimorphicus: mountains of northwestern Mexico (Sonora to Sinaloa and northern Coahuila)
- Psaltriparus minimus iulus: mountains of northern Mexico (Durango to southern Jalisco and western Tamaulipas)
- Psaltriparus minimus personatus: mountains of central Mexico (Michoacán to western Veracruz and Puebla)
Source: Clements checklist
Black-eared Bushtit
Czech:
mlynařík černouchý
Danish:
Sortøret Kratmejse
Esperanto:
Nigrorela psaltriparuo
Estonian:
mehhiko sabatihane
Finnish:
meksikonpensastiainen
French:
Orite masquée
Italian:
Codibugnolo orecchienere
Japanese (romaji):
kuromimiyabugara
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886): Black-eared Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus lloydi) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Lloyd's Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 2] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Bush-Tit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Mésange masquée ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Bushtit (Black-eared) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Bushtit (Black-eared) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Bushtit (Black-eared) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Bushtit (Black-eared) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Bushtit (Black-eared) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Bushtit (Black-eared) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2017: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2018: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2019: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2021: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2022: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2023: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2024: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| eBird version 2025: Bushtit (melanotis Group) ( Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group]) [version 2] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Black-eared Bushtit ( Psaltriparus melanotis) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Psaltriparus melanotis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Psaltriparus melanotis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Psaltriparus melanotis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Psaltriparus [minimus or melanotis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Американски дългоопашат синигер [Група melanotis]
Catalan: mallerenga cuallarga americana [grup melanotis]
Czech: mlynařík americký [skupina melanotis], Mlynarík cernouchý, mlynařík černouchý
Danish: Kratmejse (Sortøret), Sortøret Kratmejse
German: Buschschwanzmeise [melanotis-Gruppe], Schwarzohrbuschmeise, Schwarzohr-Buschmeise
English: American Bushtit (melanotis Group), Black-eared Bushtit, Black-eared Bush-Tit, bushtit, Bush-Tit, Bushtit (Black-eared), Bushtit (melanotis Group), Lloyd's Bush-Tit
English (Avilist): Bushtit (melanotis Group)
English, HBW: American Bushtit (melanotis Group)
English (IOC): American Bushtit (melanotis Group)
English (United States): Bushtit (melanotis Group)
Esperanto: Nigrorela psaltriparuo
Spanish: Mito Sastrecillo (de orejas Negras), Sastrecillo, Sastrecillo (grupo melanotis), Sastrecito de Orejas Negras
Spanish (Spain): Mito sastrecillo (de orejas Negras), Sastrecito de Orejas Negras
Spanish (HBW): Bushtit (Black-eared)
Spanish (Mexico): Sastrecillo (grupo melanotis)
Estonian: mehhiko sabatihane
Finnish: Meksikonpensastiainen, pensastiainen (melanotis- ryhmä)
French: Mésange buissonnière (masquée), Mésange masquée, Orite buissonnière (groupe melanotis), Orite buissonnière (masquée), Orite buissonnière [melanotis], Orite masquée
French (AOU): Mésange buissonnière [melanotis]
French (Guyane): Orite buissonnière (groupe melanotis)
Croatian: patuljasta sjenica [melanotis grupa]
Icelandic: Runnameisa [melanotis hópur]
Italian: Codibugnolo orecchienere
Japanese (romaji): kuromimiyabugara, yabugara (melanotis guru-pu)
Japanese: ヤブガラ (melanotis グループ), ヤブガラ（melanotis グループ）
Scientific: Parus melanotis, Psaltriparus lloydi, Psaltriparus melanotis, Psaltriparus melanotis lloydi, Psaltriparus melanotis melanotis, Psaltriparus minimus [melanotis Group], Psaltriparus minimus melanotis
Dutch: Gestreepte Struikmees, Struikmees (melanotis groep)
Norwegian: krattmeis (melanotis gr.)
Polish: raniuszek amerykański [gr. melanotis], raniuszek maskowy
Portuguese (Portugal): chapim-americano [grupo melanotis]
Russian: Серый ополовничек [группа melanotis]
Slovak: mlynárka masková, mlynárka masková (skup.)
Serbian: Žbunjačka senica [melanotis grupa]
Swedish: buskmes [gruppen melanotis], buskmes [melanotis Group]
Turkish: Çalı uzunkuyruğu [melanotis grubu]
Ukrainian: Ополовник американський [група melanotis ]
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